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What is in Owen Gray's head ...and who is trying to kill him for it? Twenty-nine-year-old Owen Gray always believed the miraculous device in his brain had been implanted for purely medical reasons, as a way of controlling the debilitating seizures he suffered in his youth. But when the Supreme Court rules that amplified" humans like Owen are not protected by the same basic laws as pure humans his world instantly fractures. As society begins to unravel and a new class war is ignited by fear Owen's father a doctor who originally implanted the "amp" confides something that will send him on a harrowing journey - his "amp" has hidden potential to do so much more than he imagined ...and he is now in grave danger. All roads lead to a dusty community in rural Oklahoma where Owen must find the one man who can explain what is really in his head. There he also meets Lyle Crosby a dangerous and unpredictable leader of the fast-growing "amp" movement someone whose stunning physical abilities and ruthless ideas show Owen how to harness his own startling gifts - but threaten to draw him into a world from which there may be no moral return."Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Technology makes them superhuman. But mere mortals want them kept in their place. Enter a stunning world where technology and humanity clash in terrifying and surprising ways. Some people are implanted with upgrades that make them capable of superhuman feats. The powerful technology has profound consequences for society, and soon a set of laws is passed that restricts the abilities - and rights - of 'amplified' humans. On the day that the Supreme Court passes the first of these laws, 29-year-old Owen Gray discovers that his seizure-supressing medical implant is actually a powerful upgrade. Owen joins the ranks of a new persecuted underclass known as 'amps' and is forced to go on the run, desperate to reach an outpost in Oklahoma where, it is rumoured, a group of the most enhanced amps are about to change the world - or destroy it.

  • Waterstones

    A stunning thriller set in a near-future world where the human race is divided by fear of technology that can upgrade our bodies and minds

  • 1471102025
  • 9781471102028
  • Daniel H. Wilson
  • 7 June 2012
  • Simon & Schuster UK
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 288
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